Rome: Giacomo Mascardi, 1615. 16pp. Later speckled paper boards. With the bookplate from the stock and reference library of H.P. Kraus on front pastedown. Minor separation of spine paper from rear joint. Very minor foxing. A very good copy. In a half morocco box. The present work is a rare... More

Place St. Sulpice, Paris. April 5, 1829. [1]p. Old folds, light spotting, pasted down at corners, one short horizontal fold separation. Very good. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of "Carlo Botta." An interesting personal correspondence from Italian historian Charles Botta, written to the translator of his book on the American... More

Edinburgh, London, and Glasgow: A. Fullarton and Co., 1844. 573pp. 4to. Contemporary three-quarter calf over cloth, leather label. Edges rubbed, some chipping. Mild toning, internally clean. Very good. Later English edition of this important early history of the American Revolution, first published in Italian in 1809. "Most valuable history of... More

[Firenze, 1789]. 16pp. Small quarto. Modern half morocco and cloth. Very good. The author is known for his ELOGIO D'AMERIGO VESPUCCI...(Florence 1788) in which he describes Vespucci as the true discoverer of America and dismisses Columbus as an imposter. Sabin lists a variant title. The NUC notes only the Lenox... More

Cosmopoli [i.e. Florence]. 1780. Two volumes. 275,[8]; 318,[10]pp. plus folding engraved map. Engraved vignette of a American Indian on each titlepage. Contemporary vellum, gilt spines with lettering blocked in blue. Occasional fox mark on latter leaves of second volume. A very good set. A scarce Italian work on the origins... More

[Santiago? 1819]. Broadside, approximately 10 3/4 x 8 inches. In Spanish and Italian. Small numerical ink inscription following first line. Some foxing and light staining. Very good. A curious and unrecorded imprint celebrating the anniversary of Chile's independence with a patriotic song in Italian. The song, dedicated by a group... More

Torino. 1841. Two volumes. xvi,296; 392pp., plus errata leaf and four plates. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt. Corners rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Light scattered foxing. Very good. The second edition and the first in Italian, following the French edition of 1834-35. A primary source on Mexican... More

London. 1939-51. Fifteen original parts in wrappers, in two volumes. Original printed wrappers bound in stiff wrappers. Indexes on covers. Very good. Topics include: English and foreign bibles, John Bunyan, Lewis Carroll, continental books including incunabula, bibliographical reference books, English theology, English pamphlet literature of the 17th-19th centuries, voyages, travels..... More

Rome: Valerio & Luigi Dorici, 1556. [2],211,[1] leaves, including two woodcuts. Quarto. Later vellum. Vellum dust soiled. Old bookseller's label adhered to front pastedown. Internally clean and bright. Very good. The first Italian edition of one of the most important early chronicles of the Spanish conquest of the New World... More

Venice: Appresso Antonio Tiuani, 1683. [16],516,[19]; 147,[5]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, gilt title on spine. Some persistent dampstaining in lower gutters of many leaves, titlepage bit tanned. Lacking four preliminary leaves of index and dedication, otherwise very good and quite clean. First published in Rome in 1672, this 1683 edition... More

Bergamo: Pagnoncelli, 1865. 134pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn at extremities, heavier along spine, minor dust soiling along top edge. Overall internally clean. Very good, untrimmed and unopened. A scarce history of Beltrami's exploration of the upper Mississippi with the Long expedition. "He undertook a hazardous and lonely journey in... More

[Milwaukee, Chicago, and possibly elsewhere. 1908]. Between 4pp. and 12pp. each, most of the items numbering either 6pp. or 8pp. 16mo. and octavo pamphlets. Light wear. Very good. An interesting collection of ephemeral political propaganda, printed in a variety of European languages, produced for the election of 1908 and urging... More

Milan: Presso Sonzogno e Compagni, 1814. 44pp. 19th-century marbled wrappers. Modern bookplate inside front wrapper. A bit of light foxing. Very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. Early Italian printing of the United States Constitution, preceded in this volume by the Articles of Confederation... More

[Np, but likely Paris. 1919]. Four versions of the text, separately paginated and grouped together, printed in English, French, and Italian (two versions). Folio. Gathered signatures, loosely inserted into printed wrappers, as issued, the four sections laid into a general printed wrapper. Moderate edge wear. Near fine. Germany's great ally... More